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Democratic senator forcibly removed from DHS news conference as tensions flare

Video: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) on June 12 was pushed out of a room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem held a news conference on the L.A protests.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post By Maegan Vazquez, Gaya Gupta, Jonathan Baran, Washington Post — A Democratic senator from California was forcibly removed and handcuffed after he interrupted […]

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Israel strikes Iran, killing 3 commanders; Trump urges Tehran to ‘make a deal’

Washington Post staff — President Donald Trump urged Iran to “make a deal” with Israel “before it is too late,” after Israel launched what it called a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear program and military targets. The strikes killed four senior commanders, including Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according […]

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Sandoval County encourages peaceful protest, is prepared for trouble

Sandoval County is ready to keep the peace Saturday, should a local variant of protests against the Trump presidency take place. After a couple of speakers at Wednesday’s county commissioners meeting brought up “No Kings” protests scheduled for cities around the country, Commissioner Jordan Juarez asked staff whether such would be a problem locally. County […]

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Corn Maiden restaurant launches new Sunday dining series

Corn Maiden, the fine dining establishment at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, is introducing a new Sunday dining series.  Starting June 15, the restaurant will host special pre-dinner receptions on the third Sunday of each month, featuring guided tastings and small plates. “We’re thrilled to offer guests a unique way to connect and enjoy […]

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Rio Rancho City Council to weigh infrastructure upgrades, alarm ordinance revisions

The Rio Rancho City Council is set to meet Thursday with a packed agenda that spans infrastructure, public safety and community standards. A public hearing is on the agenda for the proposed site plan for a new Automotive Technology Building in the Corrales North Business Tech Center. Councilors will review renderings, civil plan, and zoning […]

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District court rules Sandoval Regional Medical Center violated law in dispute with union

A state district court has ruled that the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center (SRMC) violated the legal bargaining rights of the United Health Professionals of New Mexico (UHPNM). District Court Judge Elaine Lujan upheld findings by the Public Employee Labor Relations Board that SRMC failed to bargain over a proposed reduction in […]

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Elon Musk now says he ‘went too far’ in some of his posts about Trump

By Aaron Gregg — Elon Musk now says he ‘went too far’ in some of his posts about Trump Elon Musk walked back some of his criticism of President Donald Trump early Wednesday in an apparent attempt to mend their relationship after last week’s dramatic falling out. “I regret some of my posts about President […]

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Vance, Rubio peddle fiction that 88 percent of foreign aid doesn’t go overseas

By Glenn Kessler — “There are all these humanitarian programs, where we sent money to people for medicine, for food, okay? What I thought, before I got into government, what most Americans think is, okay, so we sent $100,000 to this group to buy food, for like poor kids in Africa, okay? And what actually […]

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Anti-ICE protests spread across the country, from New York to Seattle

(c) 2025 , The Washington Post · Ben Brasch  Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement have spread to cities across the United States, as the president warns that the deployment of national guards and Marines to quell demonstrations in Los Angeles should serve as a warning that similar ones would not be tolerated. Many of […]

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Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter who created the Beach Boys, dies at 82

by Tim Page, Special to The Washington Post Brian Wilson, the founder and principal creative force of the Beach Boys, whose catalogue of early hits embodied the fantasy of California as a paradise of beautiful youth, fast cars and endless surf and made them the most popular American rock group of the 1960s, has died […]